Wyming Brook, CAZ Data: Latest 12-16 Sept 23

The new weekly round up for paying subscribers. Full what's on out there guide & news - Wyming Brook closures, has the CAZ done its job? And can we still buy Bolehill Wood for the city?

The view over Woodseats from Bolehill Wood

Welcome, wonderful subscribers - first update for the week below, with news of Wyming Brook closures for a few months, and a heads up for next Saturday’s Greno Woods mountain cycling fun.

I’m trialling this new edition (with short incoming news and features) and a fuller what’s on service. And I hope it’ll encourage more folk to sign up. Nudge.

This week I’ve got more on the data I dug out from the government for the key Clean Air Zone pollutant, nitrogen oxides. I think it shows reductions in NOX (linked to lung disease, heart disease and premature deaths) both in the city centre (25% down since last summer) and well outside the CAZ, in Pitsmoor (9% down).

I’ve also got a little more on the strange saga of old Bolehill Wood and why anyone would want to build there, and lots more Walking Festival events.

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